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Santa Fe train picture gallery
Fort Worth and Galveston Subdivisions
This train picture gallery covers the Fort Worth and
Galveston Subdivisions from Cleburne south to Temple then
southeast to Rosenberg, TX. A group of Galveston
businessmen had a vision of building a railroad into Texas
and incorporated the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
Company in 1873. Actual construction began in 1875 and
stopped at Arcola in 1877 because of poor financing. With
more financial backing the building started again in 1879
and reached Rosenberg by the end of the year, and Cameron by
the end of 1880. In 1881 the line was extended north through
Temple and Cleburne to reach Fort Worth. The Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe Railway Company was merged into the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in 1965.
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